Friday, May 31, 2013

Greenswathe

Greenswthe
is
a strange-looking weapon, arcane and almost alien. It appears to be
made of gold, but it is as hard as adamantite. Peculiar arabesques
and signs are etched into the blade and decorate the handle. It has a
single emerald set into the pommel.

Greenswathe
is
a neutrally aligned weapon designed for a druid. In the hands of
anyone else, it is simply a scimitar
+1.
In the hands of a druid, it is a +3 weapon that also confers bonuses
of +1 to the character's AC and +1 to all saving throws. A druid who
possesses Greenswalhe
is
allowed to cast one additional spell per day in each level he is
capable of casting, with the proviso that the extra spell comes from
the plant or animal sphere.

Greenswathe
has
no special purpose, but it does have a special attack form usable
once a day: the armor-piercing strike. On command, Greenswathe
simply
sweeps in an arc through armor as if it did not
exist. A target is treated as having no armor, though any magical
bonuses are still counted. For example, striking at a target in plate
mail +3 that would normally have an AC of 21,
Greenswathe attacks
as if striking at a target with AC 13
(AC 10, +3
for the magical bonus). In addition, if the strike is successful,
Greenswathe
inflicts
double the usual damage to a small or human size target. A druid
picking up Greenswathe
instantly
has the feeling that this weapon has further latent powers that are
currently unknown.